Button and button-fastening



(No Model.)

D. L. MORGAN.

Button and Btton Fastenings.

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Patented Aug-10", 1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID L. MORGAN, OF RUTLAND, VERMONT.

BUTTON AND BUTTON-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,959, dated August 10, 1880. Application filed May 31, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it kliown that I, DAVID L. MORGAN, a citizen ofthe Ullited States, residing at Rutland, in the county of Rutland and State ot' Vermont, have invented a new alid Improved Button and Button-Fastener for Shoes alid otller Articles; aiid of the same the following` is a specification.

My invention relates to that description of slioe-bnttoll which is fastened to a shoe without sewing it tothe leather or other substalice of the shoe; and the object ot lily improvelnent is to provide the button with an eye oonsisting of two pieces united together similarly to the links ot' a chain, one piece forming the ordinary eye-slialik ot' the bllttoli, alid the other forming an extension ot' said eye alid enteringl an incision iliade through the upper and lining ot' the shoe alid receiving through its eye a contining-cord. The two links, by standing at right angles to the inner alid outer surfaces ot' the upper, and the outer lilik or eye beiiig free to articulate on the inner lilik at a poilit entirely` outside the upper, afford a niealls for fastening buttons to shoes which is well adapted to give great i'reedom ot' movenient to the button while heilig operated upon by the button-hook, and thus great convenience in bnttoning the shoeis secllred, as well .as great facility for attaching the buttons to the shoe at'tol'ihd.

In the accompanying drawiligs, Figure l represents lny improved button with jointed eye-shank; Fig. 2, a horizontal section ot' the upper of a shoe at the pointI where the button is applied. Fig. o is the improved button, having its inner link iliade ot' an oblong form a-lid its eye ot' corresponding' shape, instead of beilig in form ot' the ligure 8 or letter S, as in Figs. l and 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical section ot' the upper of a shoe in the lille where the blittolis are applied.

The bllttoli A is made in the usllal liialilier, with a sllalik-eye, B, alid into the eye B one end ofthe S-shaped link O is hooked, alid the two links A alid C are then suitably cliliclied upon one another. The partc of the link G forms a round eye similar to the one into which the shank-eye B is tit-ted.

The link C (shown in Fig. 3) is a solid elliptical one, alid it is united to the shalik-eye B before the said shalik-eye is united to the button.

D and D represent parts of the upper of a shoe.

To apply these buttons to a shoe it is si-mply necessary to make incisions in a transversesmanner tlirollgli the parts D and D of the upper and lining, and to then insert the links C into these incisions, so that they lie at right angles to the vertical sides ofthe upper, as shown ill Figs. 2 alld 4 ot' the drawings, alid then to tie a knot in a leather or fibrous cord, E, alid pass the cord through the links O 0n the inner side ot' the upper, as sllown ill the drawings.

The oblong link gives such an extension of shank to the bllttoli that when the shank is passed transversely through the upper there is a free passage through the lilik on the inside ol' the shoe for the attachment oi' any fastenertor ilistalice, the shoe-lace ot' lilieli or leather-and at the saine time the lilik furnishes a passage outside the upper through which the but-ton shank-eye has silcli perfect play that no turningI or twisting oil the button will sirain the shoe or hurt the foot. The straili on the button when the shoe is blittoned draws the ililier portion ot' the lilik alid the fastening-cord close against the inside otl the shoe-lining, so that it does nothurt or press the t'oot or alikle.

lhe iliiprovelnent liiakes a radical change in the fastening devices for shoe-buttons on account ot' its simplicity alid ease otI attachnient, and from considerable use ot' the illiproved buttons ill lily business it has proved ot' great benefit and coiiveiiielice to the dealer and consumer.

l am aware ot' Letters Patent No. 143,892, aiid therefore do not claim a lnetal bar with iiat links having bllttolis hooked to theui as my invention; but

What l do clailn as lily invention, alid desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Aii improved blittoli and button-fastener, consistiugoi' a button provided with the usual attaching eye or loop and an oblong auxiliary eye or loop linked therewith and adapted to pass through a perforation in a shoe-upper or other material and receive a lacing-fastening, all substantially as set forth.

DAVID L. MORGAN. Witnesses:

J oEL 0. BAKER, CHARLES L. HoWE,

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